Foss Island Chimney - York
On a recent visit to the Morrisons on Foss Islands Road in York I noticed some scaffold has been erected around the base of the old power station destructor. It's fenced off but there's access to the...
View ArticleHarworth Colliery, Nottinghamshire - January 2015
Harworth Colliery, Nottinghamshire. Visited with dweeb. Some history for those who are interested: Work began on sinking the shaft in 1913, when the Northern Union Mining Company was set up. This was...
View ArticleLostock Power Station, Northwich - November 2015
The Explore So this is one I've been wanting to see for a long time but thought it was either gone now or not accessible.. then I heard otherwise and set off a few after hearing the news. We aimed to...
View ArticleNotre Dame Girl School - October 2014
2014 was when I actually started going out and exploring properly and on this particular morning in October I had just Visited St Josephs Seminary a little bungalow, Carmelite Nunnery and then was...
View Articlehello everyone, from Hampshire
Hi all, New to the site and looking for places to visit/groups to tag along. Been to Bushfield Camp and Racton Monument today (struggling to upload reports-any advice gratefully received) pm me.
View ArticleDrummonds mill fire...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-35464452 Gutted... we always thought this would be a belter and never quite managed it.
View ArticleHOARDERS HOUSE -haughton jan 16
HISTORY-The house was called THE PADDOCKS by the previous owner , i have been told that the house is up for sale by the GERMAN FISHER estate agents , the property may of already been sold ! the house...
View ArticleRougham hall suffolk Jan 2016
The History! Rougham hall manor house buried deep within woodlands. The hall was built and owned by the Bennet family from 1596-1889 on the site of former Jacobean manor. The last inhabitants,we're the...
View ArticleMid Wales Hospital, Talgarth - Feb 2015
Some History This large psychiatric hospital closed in 2000 due to a combination of factors including its relative isolation and changes to mental health care in England and Wales. Controversially sold...
View Articlehanworth air park mansion
me and some friends went looking for the old WW2 pill boxes and and ended up in the grounds for the abandoned mansion......there are polish pot growers living in the basement so watch out
View ArticleRAF Barkway Mast, Barkway, Herts. August 2013
Visited with GAJ. I spotted 3 masts very close together, on the way to Oxfordshire a few weeks back. This is the tallest of the 3. firstly, some history- RAF Barkway was built in 1941, it was in use...
View ArticleGlobe Mill 2 - Slaithwaite - January 2016
Globe Mill 2 - Slaithwaite History In 1887 several small manufacturers in the Slaithwaite area joined forces to create the Globe Worsted Company, producers of textiles. They set about building a large...
View ArticleFirst Post From Hampshire!
Hello all! So for a few years now I have been a (pretty amateur) hobbyist photographer, however I never found my niche. It was only a few months ago when I stumbled upon this very site and saw the...
View ArticleRAF Institute of Aviation Medicine, Farnborough - February 2010
Thanks to Nickg for the initial exploring, and the useful info. Explored with Urban Junkie, Petzl and Diehardlove. First stop the Centrifuge, which was built in 1955... The man-carrying centrifuge...
View ArticleCrawshawbooth Church. January 2016.
Visited this place with Urblex. Cool to get out with you as always mate Bumped into a couple of local explores here, we pretty much arrived at the same time. Nice to meet you lads A relaxed explore...
View Articlenew to the site, need exploring buddies !
Ive been to whittingham and loved it ! been to Camelot and the abandoned mansion round the back of it ! the people I used to explore with have drifted away and really need to get back into it! also,...
View ArticleSude Hill Mill, New Mill - April 2015
This is Sude hill Mill. Home of the New Mill Knitting co. amongst other businesses now dissolved. The buildings have recently been sold following the grant of planning permission to convert the Mill...
View ArticleNational Gas Turbine Establishment, Pyestock - 06/01/07
Visited with Ridds, his bird, Markr and Robsey. Well, it was very wet maybe the wettest day of the year . Led by Ridds, we started in the compressor room. This generated high pressure or high velocity...
View Articleroc Nescliffe - january 2016
Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Posts are underground structures all over the United Kingdom, constructed as a result of the Corps' nuclear reporting role and operated by volunteers during the Cold War...
View ArticleCoulsdon Deep Shelter - Feb 2016
Coulsdon Deep Shelter This was the site of my first proper Urban Explore about 18 months ago. I remember scrabbling through the woods one October night with some friends (that I think were quite...
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